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“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
― Patrick Henry

Friday, July 6, 2012

The 7 Most Badass Founding Fathers

They all pledged their “lives, fortunes and sacred honors,” and it was more than just an idle boast.
The Founding Fathers were committing treason against the most
powerful empire that the world to date had ever seen. It was also their
Mother Country, to which many of their friends, family, and neighbors
were still loyal.

And while they certainly, in the words of Patrick Henry, “made the
most” of their treason, the idea that they would establish the most free
and powerful nation in the history of mankind was not the most likely outcome.
So in singling out these 7 men in standing out as badasses (and I am
sure some of you will find a more worthy nominee or two that I should
have thought of, so please feel free to enlighten me in the Comments
section), I am not minimizing the notion that Ben Franklin was right —
that they could most certainly “all hang separately” whether they all
hung together as he urged them, or not.

However some men risked just a bit more, courted danger a little more
closely, and were just a bit more reckless with their lives or
fortunes. Here are 7 of them, and on this Independence Day, I hope I do
these Founding Badasses justice.

Quotes

"If it's smart to look at the Carfax history of a used car before buying it, why should anyone object to discovering the history of politicians before electing them to serve you?" Stephen Marks

"I believe that public office is the noblest of professions, but I also believe we must hold public officials accountable. Exposing the full truth about them-the good and the bad-ultimately makes for better-educated voters and a stronger democracy." Stephen Marks in Politics Magazine.